Today international shipping industry veteran, JB Rae-Smith was elected as President of the UK Chamber of Shipping, taking over from Graham Westgarth.
JB Rae-Smith is a member of the John Swire & Sons Executive Committee, and the majority of his career has been with the Swire Group’s marine interests. He graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in engineering and joined the Swire Group management training programme. He has lived in Australia, Papua New Guinea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the United States and Singapore. In 2016 JB returned to the United Kingdom and is Chairman of United States Cold Storage and a Director of a number of the Group’s private businesses.
Before being elected as President, JB has served as the Chamber’s Vice President since 2022. Karrie Trauth, Senior Vice President, Shipping and Maritime at Shell, has now been elected to this role.
Commenting on his election JB said:
“I’m delighted to be elected as President of the UK Chamber of Shipping.
“Shipping faces a number of challenges in the years ahead as we speed up the pace of decarbonisation, improve seafarer welfare and the rising risk to security of the global supply chain. At the same time, we need to continue to play a central role in the country’s economic and social wellbeing.
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